Mature Age Pre-Service Teachers' Mathematics Anxiety and Factors Impacting on University Retention
Author | : Sue Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1066495311 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The ability of primary (elementary) pre-service teachers to engage effectively in mathematics units in a rigorous program is vital to producing citizens who are able to use mathematics effectively in their lives. Mathematics anxiety affects pre-service primary teachers' engagement with and future teaching of mathematics. The study measured the range of mathematics anxiety in two hundred and nineteen pre-service teachers starting a teacher education course in an Australian university. They completed the Revised Mathematics Anxiety Scale (RMARS) and a set of demographic questions. Age differences in anxiety were found to be significant, and this has implications for university retention of mature age pre-service primary teachers.